Ablade Glover nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so yuuni 1934 ni, o nyɛla Ghana bilichini so ŋun tumdi nucheeni tuma din nyɛ peentin ni ŋun lan nyɛ ŋun chaŋ shikuru . O nyɛla ŋun nuchheni tuma kpaŋmaŋ yi polo pam duniya yaangi zuɣu saha pam puuni, o lahi nyɛla bɛ ni lihi so ka o nyɛ ŋun kpaŋ o maŋ pam n zaŋ chaŋ nucheeni tuma polo gbansabila tingbana din be duniya nuzaa zuɣu polo nucheeni tuma yaɣa ni.[1] O tuma pam nyɛla niribi ni zaŋ n dihiri nachiinsi dundɔŋni mini samban ni kamani Imperial Palace of Japan, din nyɛ UNESCO tuma duzuɣu din pe Paris, France,[2] n ti pahi O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, United States.[1]

Glover nyɛla ŋun di kpaŋmaŋ pina pam o tuma puuni din jendi sambani ni mini dundɔŋ ni pina zaa din gbai Order of the Volta Ghana tingban ni, ka o lan nyɛ Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts din be London tingban ni[3] O daa lan nyɛla Associate Professor, ni zuɣu lani n ti nucheeni tuma mini shikuru bihi daanbalo bee shaawari maana n ti Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology halli ni yuuni 1994 ni.[4]

O biɛhigu pilli taarihi

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O nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi sɔ yaɣili yuli booni La Fɔŋ din be Accra tingban ni, n be tinŋkarili yuli daa booni Gold Coast (zɔŋɔ din pa nyɛ Ghana la), Emmanuel Ablade Glover nyɛla ŋun piligi o shikuru chandi shikuru yuli booni Presbyterian mission schools.[5] O lahi nyɛla ŋun chaŋ chicha tali bɔhimbu shikuru , shikuru yuli booni Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (1957–58), poi ka daa naain nyɛ sɔŋsim n cha ti bɔhim bɔhimbu yaɣishɛli din nyɛb textile design la tiŋduli shikuru yuli booni London's Central School of Art and Design (1959–62).[1]

Glover daa nyɛla ŋun labi na Ghana n ti tum chicha tali tuma biɛli, poi ka o daa naan nyɛ sɔŋsim Ghana zuŋulaan kuro yuli daa booni Kwame Nkrumah, ka di che ka Glover nya sɔli n bɔhim o nucheeni tuma bikura shikuru yuli booni University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1964–65); ni maani ka o daa pili n bɔhim baŋsim parigu zaŋkpa bɛ tuma maani niɛma shɛŋa zaŋtum tuma polo kamani o Karim ba ni daa wuhi o ni o zaŋmi bɛ tuma ni neeni din yuli nyɛ palette knife la n ŋmaari peenta ni amaa ka o ni pun mi bɛrashi shɛli la.[1] Glover daa nyɛla ŋun bɛ zani ni ka daa lan tuɣi o shikuru tinŋyuli booni US, shikuru yuli booni Kent State University, ni ka o daa deegi o bɔhimbu shɛhira gbaŋ din yuli booni master's degree la, daa bi zani ni ka lahi chaŋ oOhio State University,[6] n ti deegi PhD bɔhimbu shɛhira gbaŋ yuuni 1974.[1][3]

Biɛhigu sɔli

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Glover's Painting in Yellow, oil on canvas

Academic

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O di daa labiri na Ghana ni o bɔhimbu kpalinkpaa din nyɛ doctorate shɛhira gbaŋ, , Glover daa nyɛla ŋun wuhi yuma ayi shikuru yuli booni College of Art din be University of Kumasi, ka daa lɛbi o tuma yaɣili kpema ni shikuru bihi daanbolo .[1] [4]

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Ŋuni n nyɛ ŋun kpa yaɣili din nyɛ Accra-based Artists Alliance Gallery la,[7][8] din nyɛ din me n tam o ni daa pun kpa Gallary shɛli yuma 1960s polo la, ka ŋmali zaɣi palli nyɛ yuli lan ŋun yuli daa booni Kofi Annan la ni kpa shɛli yuuni 2008 ni .[9] Hali di ni daa niŋ ka di kuli nyɛ Glover bini maa zaa, di daa nyɛla nucheeni tuun tumdibi kamani Owusu-Ankomah mini George O. Hughes, ni tim nuu pam.[10]

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Glover's tuma bɛihigu nyɛla bɛ ni yɛli ni shɛli nyɛ "swirling between abstraction and realism",[12] ka yɛltɔɣa kpani nyɛ din kuli kuli sɔŋdi yaɣa pam kamani urban landscapes, lorry parks, shantytowns, thronging markets and studies of the women of Ghana.[13] Bɛ ni bɔhi o din nyamdi o ni, o yɛliya ni "...a yi kpahinda, a ni nyɛ paɣibi pam di be n tuma maa puuni ka niribi tooi bɔhirima, ni wula ka n peentiri paɣibi saha kam? Tuuli bɛ ni daa bɔhima lala bɔhigu ŋɔ, n daa bi tɛhi di zuɣu. N daa kuli yaala n noli n yɛli ni di ni niŋ ka bɛ nyɛ ban viɛli pam n gari dabbi la zuɣu. Nimɔhi labisibu n daa bala. Din nyaangi n daa tɛhiri di zuɣu, ka di duma na ni bɛ nyɛla ban kpaŋsiri kobani . Gbansabila tingban ni paɣibi nyɛla ban mali kookali ni kɔbani kpaŋsibu ka di dɔ polo ni. Bɛ nyɛla ban kpaŋsiri niribi kobani, ka nyɛ ban mali haŋkali parisi. Bɛ yi chani luɣili kam salo nyarila bɛ lala bɛhisuŋ ŋɔ maa. Dabbi bɛ niŋdi lala, bɛ niŋ da?"[14]

Kpaŋmaŋ pina

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Yuuni 1998 puuni, Glover nyɛla ŋun daa deegi Flagstar Award kpaŋmaŋ pini ACRAG (the Arts Critics and Reviewers Association of Ghana) ni sani , ka daa lan nyɛ bɛ ni ti so alumni award from the African-American Institute in New York City. O nyɛla ŋun dɛhi dundɔŋni mini samban ni kpaŋ maŋ pins pam ka ŋa shɛŋa n nyɛ, Order of the Volta Ghana tingbani yuuni 2007, ni Millennium Excellence Award yuuni 2010 nti pahi Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London tingban ni. [15] O lan nyɛla ŋun be Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences laɣinŋu la puuni.[16]

Silimiingoli July ni yuuni 2024 puuni, bɛ ni daa yan puhi Glover's yuun pihiwai dɔɣim dabisili chuɣu, October Gallery daa nyɛla din zani bɛ ni mi shɛli ni solo exhibition Inner Worlds, Outer Journeys, having since 1982 devoted 10 shows to his work.[17] As noted by African Business magazine: " O nyɛ vuli puuni, o tuun tumsa nyɛla din zooi yaɣi nucheeni baŋsim tuma maa konko zuɣu , ka o nyɛ ninvuɣiso gbansabila tingbana ni nucheeni tun tumdibi ban be o tuma maa yaɣili maa ni lihiri so ka tumdi bɛ tuma, ka lahi bɔri ni bɛ ti be ka ŋuna."[18]

Selected exhibitions

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  • Visions & Dreams, Tasneem Gallery (13 March–31 May 2008)
  • Ablade Glover: 75 Year Anniversary, October Gallery, London (2 July–1 August 2009)
  • I See You, Tasneem Gallery (6 July–17 November 2010)
  • Transmission Part 2, Tasneem Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (15 November 2012–30 March 2013)
  • Ablade Glover: 80th Anniversary, October Gallery, London (3 July–2 August 2014)
  • Ablade Glover: Inner Worlds, Outer Journeys, October Gallery, London (4 July–3 August)

Maan lihi

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Kundivihira

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Juliet Highet, "Ablade Glover – Ghanaian mirage" Archived 30 Silimin gɔli June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, New African Magazine, 6 August 2014.
  2. "Ablade Glover: 80th Anniversary", October Gallery, 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Why I paint women, markets; Ablade Glover Digs Deep", GhanaWeb, 16 July 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Ablade Glover", October Gallery.
  5. Gates, Henry Louis, Emmanuel Akyeampong and Steven J. Niven (eds), "Glover, Emmanuel Ablade (1934–)", Dictionary of African Biography, Oxford University Press, 2012.
  6. David Owusu-Ansah, "Glover, Ablade (1934–)", Historical Dictionary of Ghana, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, p. 158.
  7. Artists Alliance Gallery on Facebook.
  8. Ruth-Ellen Davis, "Interview: Ablade Glover — The veteran Ghanaian artist discusses his kaleidoscopic take on African life", Time Out Accra, 21 November 2016.
  9. Safia Dickersbach, "Ablade Glover — The Black Stars of Ghana", Modern Ghana, 29 August 2013.
  10. "Artists Alliance Gallery, Labadi", Time Out Accra, 15 July 2013.
  11. Allen, Emily (24 June 2024). Young and old African artists celebrated at October Gallery shows.
  12. A chirim ya: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Highet2
  13. "Ablade Glover" Archived 2018-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Tasneem Gallery.
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  16. Graphic.com.gh (14 July 2017). Prof Ablade Glover delivers keynote address at Atuu Festival of Arts launch (en-gb).
  17. Ablade Glover: Inner Worldsa, Outer Journeys | 4 July – 3 August 2024. October Gallery.
  18. Allen, Emily (24 June 2024). Young and old African artists celebrated at October Gallery shows.
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